Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, Sept 12: Department of Biotechnology (DoBT), Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, organized an Invited Lecture wherein eminent Professor Umesh Desai, Director, Institute of Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Development, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA, spoke on the topic “Biotechnological Approaches in the Synthesis of Glycosaminoglycans”.
Dr Desai is a renowned Scientist in the area of Drug Discovery and has to his credit many international publications in journals of high repute, awards and patents. He is nationally and internationally known for his work in developing a new line of anticoagulant agents expected to alleviate adverse affects seen in current thrombotic therapy used with heart attacks and strokes.
The lecture was attended by the Faculty members, research scholars and UG/PG students of the Department and was very interactive. Dr Desai, in his lecture, talked about “Heparin” on which he and his research group is working to design a synthetic mimetic of heparin, a commonly used, animal-derived anticoagulant agent.
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